The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-06

week ago Isham was shot in the right hi
while near his house. Reports vary as &
who fired the shot. He fell into an old well
where he was found. He was told that TIN
Sheriff was after him, so his wife says, anC
to evade the officers he came across the rive
and hid himself in the house where he died
Coroner Hodnett empaneled jury and helc
an inquest The testimony of DIR. McCrary
was that the wound received two weeks age
had entirely healed up, and was not the
cause of his death. The jury th@reupof
| brought in verdict that Taylor came to hi;
| death from causes unknown.
The long expected bonds to be issued by
Americas for the purpose of raising the
funds necessary for the erection of a com
| plete system of water works were received
! from the engraver Monday and will be put
upon the market and disposed of rs soon as
they have been properly signed by the city
authorities. The bonds are beautifully en-
| graved upon heavy parchment and in the
! centre is a handsome fac simile of Sumter's
beautiful new court house. These bonds
run for period of twenty years,
are non-taxable by the city, and
as they pay an interest Of Z per cent. per
| annum, their value as an investment can be
clearly seen. The City Council have already
refused an offer for the entire issue at par
value, believing that owing to their security
and the liberal rate of interest paid upon
a premium. Maj w. F. Ellis, Superintend
ent of the Montgomery water works, and
who has been engaged by Council to prepare
| plans and specifications for the proposed
works, will at once begin actual work upon
| the surveys for the mains, locating the plant
| and reservoir and selecting O site suitable
| for the erection of the tower.
Some time ago the agricultural depart
| ment compiled from the State geological
records a mineral map, showing by means
of different colors the location of the various
minerals in the State II is an interesting
fact that almost every known mineral is
found in greater or lesser quantity some
where in Georgia, but gold lead and silver,
copper and iron pyriteS, iron ores, manga
nese, baryta asbestos, mica, tale, graphite,
opal, granite, slate, MARBLE buI1Istone, lime
STONE, hydraulic cement, different clays,
marls and phosphates, and coal are all found
in paying quantities. All these minerals are
found in a circle, with a radius of fifty
miles, of which Atlanta is the centre. The
ore fields Of Alabama are almost as conve-
nient as the fields of Georgia. Gold, slate,
granite, marble, asbestos are found right
in the county, and if the geological records
are correct, exist here in quantities that
might justify experiments being made. The
mineral resources of the State, as indicated
by this map, are something simply wonder
full.
A difficulty occurred at Palmetto Satur-
day night at the house occupied by Kate
Chandler (coloredD. She was absent and the
house was left in charge of Mary Frances
Lloyd. Charley Phillips was there also i'll
the capacity of protector to the Lloyd
woman and Kate Chambers two grown
daughters. Late at night Joe White came
to the door and demanded admittance, which
was refused. White became very indignant
and forced an entrance, firing on Phillips
and the Lloyd woman as he came in. Mary
Frances was shot in the fleshy part of the
thigh. The ball went nearly through, and
was taken out on the other side. This being
only a flesh wound, is not considered dan
gerous. Phillip was not so fortunate. His
wound was in the abdomen, about l inch
to the left of the navel. 1t is thought
to be fatal After he was shot he jumped
from a high window, leaving Joe White in
charge Of the premises, ran about 100 yards
and fell All the parties in this transaction
are negroes. Joe White is a desperate
character. This is the third negro he has
shot He also knocked white man in the
head last Christmas, and came very near
killing him. Several true bills have been
found against him already, but it seems that
it is difficult for the officers to get sight of
him. So far they have never been able to
arrest him. Kate Chandler keeps house
of not very enviable reputation.
There was a bee robbing in the heart of
Macon last week A swarm of bees in some
unaccountable way settled upon an old dis
carCled tlue in the parapet wall of Wood &
Bonds store, and those who knew anything
about bees concluded that they had accumu-
lated quite lot of honey. Col. w. H.
Wylly claimed the hive, and he employed
Ben Harmon and George Bassett to rob it.
They made up sulphur fire, and a long
piece of old gutter as q chimney to convey
the smoke TO the proper place, and after a
long time and much perspiratiOn succeeded
in killing number OF the honey -gathererS
II was estimated that there was at least sew:
eral hundred pounds of honey in the fue,
and a great number of buckets and pans
We're gotten ready. But the bailiffs were
unable to get at it, and after several hours
of hard work gave up the job. Then col
ored brick mason was employed, and he sue
ceeded in detaching a sufficient number of
bricks TO peep into the hive. Then it was
found that there was not enough honey to
sweeten q cup of coffee. The bees had been
swarming and swarming, and making as
big TODD rs if they were making enough
honey to supply all Macon, and yet this is
all they had done. Two pounds of mser-
able comb was the entire amount taken
from the gum, and the amount expended in
getting it out is about So 40. to say nothing
Of time and labor in the hot sun on hot
roof.
At Atlanta Monday night, at a meeting
of the members of the Church of the Re
deemer, Rev. George T. Turk, of Goderich,
Ont, was selected as the successor of Rev.
DIR. Eddy, resigned 1t is not at all i'm
probable that split in the congregation
will result. For some time past the friends
of Mr.. Turk have been making an active
canvass in his behalf, and the result is that
the church is divided into Turk and anti
Turk factions. Mr.. Turk has some warm
personal friends in the congregation, and
ever since DR.. Eddy rendered his
resignation the Turk men have been
actively at work in the interests
of their favorite The fight has been
rather bitter one, Mr.. Turk being opposed
for a variety of reasons. As stated by an
ti-Turk man last evening, one OF the prin-
cipal reasons is that Mr.. Turk is a member
of the Methodist church. The Church of
the Redeamer is new church and is one of
the few prominent Congregational churches
in the South, and for these reasons it was
deemed, by many, especially important that
the new pastor should he a Congregational
minister-one brought up in and thoroughly
identified with the church. There are other
members who do not like Mr.. Turks preach
ing and object to him Oh that account. On
the other hand the majority OF the members
"a slight majority, to be sure-favor Mr..
Turk, and in Congregational church the
majority rules.
At Augusta at O'Clock Yesterday morn